United Marches Into Semis

Fulham 0 - Manchester United 4
Scorers
Manchester United: Tevez (20, 35), Rooney (49), Park (81)

Team: Van der Sar, Rio (Evans 46), Vidic, O'Shea (Eckersley 52), Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Park, Rooney (Welbeck 64), Tevez

You know, just when I was complaining about our lack of killer-instinct in the last post, United came up with a masterful lesson in killing off opponents. Goals from Tevez, Rooney and Park made easy work of Fulham in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Both teams endured a jittery start to the game. Both set of defenders were pretty unstable, making mistakes that could have resulted in goals in the opening 5 minutes. Fulham settled the faster of the two and looked like giving United a run for our money.

However Rooney and Tevez had other ideas. Quite against the run of play, Rooney's header was squeezed in by Tevez from close range to give us the lead. The tide immediately turned and Fulham was left facing a sea of red that threatened to wipe them out of the competition.

Rooney had numerous chances to add to the lead but superb goalkeeping and poor linesmen's decisions kept Rooney from the scoresheet. Instead it was Tevez who added to his goal total with a brilliant curler that just bent beyond the stretching Schwarzer and just into the upright. It was an exquisite piece of finshing by the little Argentinian.

Fulham started the second half strongly but before they could stamp their authority, Rooney finally found his name on the scoresheet. A defensive mistake lead to Rooney possessing the ball and he passed it into the net to give United a 3-0 lead and end the contest.

Park completed the scoring in the 81st minute. We brushed aside Fulham to march into the semis.

The next week looks like a tough one. We have Inter in midweek and Liverpool in the weekend.

It's imperative that we build on this result on Wednesday if we're going to have to progress in the Champions League. After watching Inter play in their domestic games, I'm confident we possess what it takes to go thru. Serie A is pretty much rubbish this season, and I'm surprised that a poor team like Inter is leading their table. I'd be quite surprised if we do not get past this Inter side.

And after we dump Inter, let's beat the grannystabbers and crush their silly little hopes of the Premiership this weekend. That should make up for the terrible month I'm currently experiencing.